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SC-51 Hardware-based Protection

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
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Title

Hardware-based Protection

Control

a. Employ hardware-based, write-protect for [Assignment: system firmware components] ; and
b. Implement specific procedures for [Assignment: authorized individuals] to manually disable hardware write-protect for firmware modifications and re-enable the write-protect prior to returning to operational mode.

Discussion

None.

Parameters

sc-51_odp.01: system firmware components
sc-51_odp.02: authorized individuals

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).